Jeremiah 11:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-10

The prophet here, as prosecutor in God's name, draws up an indictment against the Jews for wilful disobedience to the commands of their rightful Sovereign. For the more solemn management of this charge, I. He produces the commission he had to draw up the charge against them. He did not take pleasure in accusing the children of his people, but God commanded him to speak it to the men of Judah, Jer. 11:1, 2. In the original it is plural: Speak you this. For what he said to Jeremiah was the same... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:3

And say thou unto them ,.... This shows that the command of publishing the law or covenant was, however, principally given to Jeremiah: thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; that made them, and brought them out of Egypt, and made a covenant with them, and had taken care of them, and had bestowed many favours upon them: cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant ; which the prophet, it may be, had in his hands, even the book of the law, and held it forth unto... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:3

Cursed be the man that obeyeth not - After the reading, the prophet appears to sum up the things contained in what was read to them; as if he had said, "Ye hear what the Lord saith unto you: remember, the sum of it is this: The man is cursed who obeyeth not; and he is blessed who obeys. From these declarations God will not depart." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:3

Verse 3 The Prophet afterwards shews more clearly that the command was especially given to him, for he uses the singular number, Thou shalt say to them Nor is it inconsistent that at first he joined others with himself; for God might have united the suffrages of the few who wished the restoration of pure religion among the people, while yet Jeremiah, who was superior to the rest, sustained the chief part. There is no doubt but that others were anxious by their consent to confirm his doctrine:... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-8

The ancient covenant. I. THE OBJECT OF THE COVENANT . This was to secure obedience. No covenant was required on God's side, since he is ever willing to bless and changeless in his beneficence. But for the sake of men's faith and to secure their allegiance God graciously condescended to enter into covenant bonds. It is therefore foolish to claim the fulfillment of God's promises irrespective of our conduct. They are covenant promises— i.e. conditional and assured on certain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-12

The covenant with the fathers binding on the children. Here it is necessary to go back over all the history of Israel, and consider the great covenant transactions between God and his people. Such transactions we find to have been filled with great solemnity, so that they might make a deep mark in history. We trace the beginnings of the great covenant in God's dealings with Abraham. Indeed, the covenant with Israel as a nation was the necessary consequence of the covenant with Abraham as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-23

1. A reminder of the renewal of the covenant between Jehovah and the people lately made under Josiah ( Jeremiah 11:1-8 ). 2. First stage of the conspiracy; all Israel, instead of keeping the covenant with Jehovah, conspires against him ( Jeremiah 11:9-13 ). 3. The punishment of the conspiracy is an irreversible, severe judgment ( Jeremiah 11:14 17). 4. Second stage of the conspiracy; the plot of the men of Anathoth ( Jeremiah 11:18-23 ). 5. Third stage; the plot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:3

Here begins a series of direct references to Deuteronomy, determining the date of the discourse. Cursed be the man , etc.; alluding to Deuteronomy 27:26 . Nothing, perhaps, is so injurious to a correct understanding of the Scriptures as persistently rendering a Hebrew or Greek word by the same supposed equivalent. "Covenant" is no doubt appropriate in some passages (e.g. Joshua 9:6 ; 1 Samuel 18:3 ), because an "appointment" between men, if equals, involves "giving and taking;" but is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:3

The doom of disobedience. This new discourse, which begins with Jeremiah 11:1-23 . is a continuation of the same sad monotone of denunciation and doom which goes on throughout well-nigh the whole of Jeremiah's prophecies. The curse pronounced here on the disobedient— I. Is VERY TERRIBLE . The words, "Cursed," etc; are fearful words to come from the lips of the God of grace and mercy. And that which they threatened was terrible also. What a catalogue of woes, which were denounced... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:2-5

Jeremiah 11:2-5. Hear ye the words of this covenant God speaks here chiefly to Jeremiah, but seems, at the same time, to address, together with him, all those pious persons who were like-minded with him, and who reproved the wicked manners of the people. The covenant here spoken of was the covenant of the law of God, delivered by Moses, to which the people had frequently promised obedience. And speak unto the men of Judah, &c. Lay the tenor of the covenant before them; and say,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 11:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 11:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 11:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 11:2-5

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